The nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs.
CLARENCE DARROWProbably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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